Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 313: Sister Support 

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

“The way this one

a bat into hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which

at Roger and then turning back to me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my

the investigators.

Cora continues when he’s gone, “why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then

I say, hesitating and looping my arm

say is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question of

and they wanted to…clear you. Before I was allowed

me?” Cora

mouth pulling

house. Rafe flinches and starts to

my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you!

I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice

and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly, “maybe move on from

deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her

says, her voice as pleading as

my head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing

“Forgive my investigators – they

and I see that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it. But,

his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if

But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused,

both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do you feel about…trying a little

serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you

do hypnosis?”

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